Governor Rick Scott shakes hands with volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside of the Everglades City Fire Department while touring the area on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. (Photo: Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News)

Gov. Rick Scott toured Hurricane Irma-devastated Immokalee and Everglades City on Sunday afternoon to assess the storm damage, meet with community leaders and find out their recovery needs.

State leaders are “doing everything we can to get people back to normal,” Scott said in Immokalee.

Scott met with Everglades City Mayor Howie Grimm outside City Hall, next to the fire station serving as a staging area for recovery supplies — pallets of bottled water, ready-to-eat meals, donated clothes.

He told Grimm to write down everything his community needs to recover.

“Just get it to me, just give me a sheet of paper,” said Scott, who wore a blue U.S. Navy ballcap and a blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up. “I’ll work through every issue and I’ll tell you if we can do it, if we can’t do it and the timing of it.”

Everglades City and the nearby communities of Chokoloskee and Plantation Island were inundated with storm surge from Hurricane Irma on Sept. 10. Community leaders have said it’s likely a majority of the area’s homes and businesses were flooded by several feet of foul water and mud, leaving hundreds of residents homeless and some fighting infection. Some people are staying with friends; others live in their cars.

Housing for displaced residents is the hardest issue at the moment, Scott said. He told Grimm he spoke with Federal Emergency Management Agency leaders about temporary housing options.

“I’ve got a task force working on that right now,” Scott told Grimm.

Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk and Governor Rick Scott speak with Congressman Mario Daz-Balart, seen in reflection, outside of Everglades City Hall while touring and speaking with residents of Everglades City on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.(Photo: Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News)

Scott asked City Clerk Dottie Joiner, who has helped coordinate relief efforts, what needs she has.

“Rubber boots, tarps, extension cords,” Joiner replied. “People have asked me for tents because they can’t stay in their homes.”

Everglades City Councilman Parker Oglesby said they need more manpower and medical help.

“There’s some people that are getting cuts on them and they’re getting infections and things like that,” Oglesby said. “Housing. A lot of people lost their houses completely, like me. Mine is totally wiped out.”

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who was in Everglades City with Scott and Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, said the scariest part of the hurricane is the aftermath, with people living in muck and sewage.

The water that flooded people’s homes, he said, is contaminated. A Chokoloskee resident had his infected leg amputated this week, and one man died from what his wife said was an infection.

“Any little cut now can become a real problem,” Diaz-Balart said.

Scott took time to thank the first responders from across the state who were in Everglades City on Sunday. He also thanked a large group of Mormon missionaries who descended on the community to help.

When asked if he was satisfied with FEMA’s response to Everglades City and Immokalee, Scott said, “My expectation is people show up immediately.” It took FEMA five days to get on the ground in Everglades City and Immokalee, two of the hardest-hit communities in the state.

“I’m going to continue to work with everybody,” Scott said. “I’m going to have high expectations, which is the way to get things done.”

Governor Rick Scott walks through a distribution site outside of Fire Station 60 in Everglades City while touring the area on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. (Photo: Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News)

When asked in Immokalee about aid for undocumented immigrants, Scott said, "My goal is everybody in our state, we are doing anything we can to take care of them."

After his stop in Everglades City, Scott drove down Hamilton Lane in Chokoloskee to see the damage.

Debra Harger, 58, was outside scrubbing a refrigerator when Scott passed by. She had no idea he’d been there. She said she’s glad he came but said she would have been too busy to talk to him if he’d stopped.

“We’re flooded. We’re tearing out drywall, insulation, all the underpinning under our trailer, all the insulation that was in the floor,” she said. “It’s horrendous. It is just horrendous.”

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Governor Rick Scott shakes hands with volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside of the Everglades City Fire Department while touring the area on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk and Governor Rick Scott speak with Congressman Mario Daz-Balart, seen in reflection, outside of Everglades City Hall while touring and speaking with residents of Everglades City on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News

Governor Rick Scott talks with volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints outside of the Everglades City Fire Department while touring the area on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017.
Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News